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Sept. 9, 1924. R 15,910 A. c. BERRY CH'ILDS AND LADYS GARMENT Original Filed Feb. 29. 1916 INVENTOI? 4. 6117617 ATTORNEYS in the form of an Outside piece'of apparel or 'a piece of underwear, a night-dress or the of State of N ew York, have inventedcertain Reiosued Sept. 9, 1924.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ann Conuxs Brim, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Winfield, borough Queens in the county of Queens and newand useful Improvements in Childrens and Ladies Garments, of which the follow- 1 is a full, clear, and exact description.

is invention relates to union garments hke, and the invention has to deal particularly with the portion of the garment covering the. body from the waist down to the knees, and embodies essentially a novel pattern of skirt and bloomer legs so designed a neatly appearing garment is produced m a mimmum of material and without bulkiness at the bloomer legs, whereby comfort and freedom of motion is obtained, as well as the proper set of the skirt. The new combination of bloomer legs and skirt lends itself to a variety of forms of garments and the bottom of the skirt can be finished with a flounce, or made without a flounce, in either case the bottom of the skirt will hang gracefully as if the skirt were cut from an ordinary pattern without bloomer legs attached.

For a more. complete understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and claims taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates certain embodiments of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dress shown on the figure of a child;

- Figure 2 is a front view of the dress spread out flat;

Figure 8 is a side view of the dress as when itis on a child;

- Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical section of the lower portion ofthe garment;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the front or rear section of the union garment shown in igure 6 is a view showing the straight forming the placket between the eg -the lines 11 into hems for Figure 7 is a view showing a a combined skirt and bloomer garment;

' Figure 8 is a plan view of one ofthe sections from which the garment shown in Fi e 7'is made; I

with a flounce extending around the bottom thereof; and

Figure 10 is a without a flounce.

It is to be understood that the invention which relates to the lower part of a rment and bloomer legs combined therewith, can be embodied as a dress, as shown in Fi e 1, a skirt garment, as shown in Fi re if? as an undergarment, as shown in and 10, and, furthermore, the invention can bte embodied as .a bathing suit, night-dress, e c. s Referring to 1 to 5, inclusive, the garment A is pre erably composed of front and rear sections 1 and 2,.each of which may made froma single piece of goods or a plurahty of 'eoes sewed together. Each section em 'es a skirt portion 3, that diverges downwardly fromthe armpits in the type of garment shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 or from the waistband in the type A shown in Figure andfrom the bottom of the Skirt rtion, indicated by the curved dotted e. 5,. the-garment section continues into the portion 6 that forms the front or rear portlon of the bloomer legs.

The bloomer leg portion 6 has its side edges 7 converging downwardly from the line 5 to the points 8, from which the edges of the bloomer leg portions converge abruptly to the points 9. The converging edges 7 of the two sections are sewed to then to form the side seams of the bloomer the edges 4 of the sections are sewed together to complete the skirt. The abru converging edges 10 are not sewed toge so as to form the leg openings of the view of an undergarment tly gures 9K egs, and

ment. The edges 10 are folded back afo ng receiving an elastic or draw string 12, shown in Figure i, whereby the bloomer around the limbs of the'wearer, or, if desired the bloomer legs can be left freeor open which is e ially desirable in the case of drawers.

e part 13 between the leg openlegs can be snuglyv fitted ings 14 constitutes a placket. To form placket the front and rear sections may have v a central inverted V-sha as shown in Fi 13 cut therein, although this particular shape is not absolutely necessa Along the edges of the recess 13 or t e portion between the leg openings each section of the garment has sewed thereto straight pieces of goods 15. These straight pieces afford an adequate foundation for buttons and buttonholes, whereby the part of the arment between the legs can be buttoned an unbuttoned. In a union garment .constructed'in. the manner disclosed the bloomer le openings are close together and there will gm a mimmum bulk of material between the legs of the wearer,

and, furthermore, the outer portions of the bloomer leg openings will lie inwardly from the bottom edge of the skirt, which will hang in a fold on the circular line 5. The graceful han of the skirt ortion of the garmentis 0 tained by'the nt and rear sections being of center, by the rear section being slightly longer than the front section, according to the size ofthe wearer, and by the side portions of the bloomer legs converging downwardly and by the curved line 5 on which the material is folded forming the lower edge of the skirt portion. A hem 17 is formed around the bottom of the skirt by the folding of the bloomer legsupwardly into the skirt and securing them to the skirt by a line of stitchin 16 parallel with the curved line 5 of the fo d. The hem 17 thus formed has a curved lower edge which extends en-' tirely around the skirt and overhangs the bloomer legs in spaced relation thereto. By this construction the skirt hangs properly and as gracefully as a skirt without bloomers. In addition to the hem, a ruflle or flounce 17 v gure 9, can be sewed to the bottom of the skirt. The garment shown. in

Figure 10 is similar to that shown in Figure 9 withoutthe flonnce. The hem can be let out or made narrower from time to time in order to lengthen the garment as the wearer grows.

I claim: 1. A arment, comprising a skirt and bloomer egs, the bloomer legs be' in with the skirt and the lower end 0 the irt formed by folding the intermediate portion of the garment on a curved line to form a circular tuck or hem which extends entirely around the skirt and overhangs the up or portion of the bloomer legs in spaced re ation thereto.

2. A arment comp a and bloomer egs, said garment '1; made of similar front and back skirt and b oomer leg sections, and having the side. edges .of the said skirt sections sewed together, and the sideedges'of the bleomerleg sewed together, the skirt sections being of greatest greatest length at the.

al diverging downwardly,

length at the center and folded on a curved line and sewed to form a circular hem extending around the bottom of the skirt portion andoverhan ing the bloomer legs in spaced relation to t e upperportions thereof.

3. A union garment comprising a skirt flarin downwardly, and bloomer legs connecte with the bottom portion of the skirt, there being a placket extending from the in- .ner side of one bloomer leg opening to the inner side of the other, bloomer leg opening, and fasteners for closing the placket, said garment being made of similar front and 7 back skirt and bloomer legsect-ions, and having the side edges of said skirt sections sewed together and the side edges of the bloomer leg sections sewed together, the sections being folded on a curved line and sewed to form a circular tuck or hem at the bottom of the arment which overhangs the bloomer legs, ti i that when the arment is worn, the bloomer legs cover the ttom opening and fasten around the wearers legs.

4. A' garment includin a skirt and bloomer legs, and having a plac v the bottom edge of one bloomer leg to the edge of the other bloomer. leg, strips of straight material stitched along the e es of the lacket, and fastening means on e strips or closing the legs of' the garment that when the garment legs hang down from e bloomer legs being so constructed et extending from 1 lacket, the bloomer I of the skirt,

crotch, and from the crotch to the bottom lower ends fastened around the wearers legs 7 above the knees.

5, A union garment compris' a skirt, and bloomer legs connected with t e bottom portion of the skirt, said bloomer Is at their lower ends, there being a plac et extending from the inner side of one bloomer leg opening to bloomer leg openin ing the placket, sai similar front and back skirt and bloomer leg and fasteners for clossections the skirt sections sewed together at their side edges, and the bloomer leg sections sewed together at their side edges, and having the side edges of the said skirt sections and the side edges of the bloomer leg sections converging downwardly, the sections being folded on a curved line, and sewed to form a circularvtuck. or

hem at the bottom of the arment-which overhangs'the bloomer legs, t e bloomer legs being so constructed, that when the garment is' worn, the bloomer the skirt portion with their lower ends fastlsgied around the wearers' legs above 6. A arment, including a skirt and bloomer egs, said garment being made of sections sewed together and'havin its greatest at front and back, of

open

the inner side of the other garment being made of the legs hang down from; l

* to form a hem extending completely around the skirt section being folded to form a hem having a curved lower edge, said hem extend-- ing' around the entire garment and overhangin the bloomer legs in spaced relation.

- rment, including a skirt and bloomer egs,-the bloomer legs bei inteiilal with the skirt the lower portion the .s '11. c the bloomerlegs being folded upwar ly in the skirt, and sewed thereto on a line parallel with the bottom line of the skirt mom egs ex- 9. A combination arment includ' skirt sections and bloomerfieg sections, the b oomer leg sections being continuations .of the skirt sections, the skirt sections and bloomer leg sections being folded .and stitched one line between said skirt sections and bloomer leg sections, thereby making a tuck which forms a hem that overhangs the bloomer leg sections.

10. A garment including a skirt and bloomer legs, the bloomer legs-bein inte ral with the skirt, thel'ower portion 0 the s 'rt carrying the bloomer le S, being'folded upwardly in the skirt, an sewed thereto on a line parallel with the bottom line of the skirt to form a hem, extending completely around the skirt and overhanging the bloomer legs in spaced relation thereto.

ANNE COLLINS BERRY. v I 

